adverse conditions 2.5

Question 1

whats the two ways species can adapt to adverse conditions

Answer 1

survive or avoid

Question 2

what is adverse conditions

Answer 2

where the environment of an animal is beyond the tolerable limits to maintain normal metabolic rate

Question 3

what is dormancy

Answer 3

part if an organisms life cycle and is the stage associated with resisting or tolerating a period of environmental change

Question 4

what are the two types of doemancy

Answer 4

predictive

concequential

Question 5

what are examples of dormancy

Answer 5

hibernation
aestivation
daily torpor

Question 6

what is hibernation

Answer 6

used by mamals when there is a metabolic crisis due to low temperatures and lack of food

Question 7

what is aestivation

Answer 7

a type of dormancy allowing for survival in times of high temps and drought

Question 8

what is daily torpor

Answer 8

a period of reduced activity in organisms with high metabolic rates

Question 9

what is migration

Answer 9

a way of avoiding metabolic adversity by using energy to relocate to a better suited environment

Question 10

what is used to study migration

Answer 10

ringing

tagging

Question 11

what influences migratory behaviour

Answer 11

innate

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